Andrew Jackson: Hero or Villain

Why did Andrew Jackson have a deep hatred for all things British?

• His brothers and his mother all died during the American Revolution leaving him with no family
• He was betrayed by Benedict Arnold 
• The British burned down the White House while he was president
• He wanted to be recruited by the British in the American Revolution but they refused

Congressional leaders such as Henry Clay tried to protect American manufacturing interests by which of the following ways?

• lowering tariffs on southern factory owners
• forcing northern businesses to hire Americans
• implementing high tariffs on foreign goods
• establishing protective tariffs on agricultural goods

One way suffrage expanded during the Jackson presidency was by --

• recognizing a woman's right to vote
• permitting free African Americans to vote
• eliminating property qualifications for voting
• extending citizenship to American Indian tribes

One goal of the U.S. Congress in passing the Indian Removal Act was to --

• avoid conflict between white settlers and American Indian tribes
• provide legal protections for American Indian tribal land ownership
• assimilate American Indian tribes into the culture of the United States
• use American Indian tribes to push out foreign control of western territories

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the states respectively, or to the people." Tenth Amendment
Conflicting interpretations of this amendment played a major role in the --

• Bank War
• Nullification Crisis
• Corrupt Bargain
• XYZ Affair

How did President Jackson respond to the Supreme Court decisions to protect the rights and land of the Cherokee?

• He ignored the decision
• He obeyed the decision after a delay
• He asked states to implement his decision
• He called for the impeachment of court justices

Speaker 1: A state has the right to overrule an act passed by Congress.
Speaker 2: I believe that you are wrong. The states do share power with the national government but the Constitution says the national government is supreme.
These speakers are debating an issue that eventually became known as the --

• Monroe Doctrine
• Nullification Crisis
• Missouri Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise

What was the impact of Jackson's attempt to reduce conflicts between American Indians and white settlers during the 1830s?

• American Indians were forced to relocate
• American Indians were granted U.S. citizenship
• White settlers were encouraged to abandon American Indian lands
• White settlers were ordered to avoid contact with American Indians

In 1832 the Supreme Court ruled that Georgia did not have legal authority over the Cherokees living in the state. President Andrew Jackson responded to this decision by --

• filing another petition against the Cherokee Nation
• ignoring the ruling and allowing Georgia to evict the Cherokee Nation
• ordering state officials in Georgia to negotiate with the Cherokee Nation
• asking Congress to pay reparations to the Cherokee Nation

Many 19th century protective tariffs favored the manufacturing industry which led to --

• southern states to become more reliant on slave labor
• northern and southern states to focus on agricultural production
• sectional differences between northern and southern states
• congressional laws restricting the use of child labor